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Paul Grayson
Portrait of Paul Grayson

Adrian Paul Grayson

Born: 31 March 1971, Ripon, Yorkshire
Major Teams: Yorkshire, Essex, England.
Known As: Paul Grayson
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox


ODI Debut: England v South Africa at Nairobi (Gymk), ICC KnockOut, 2000/01
Latest ODI:
England v Zimbabwe at Bulawayo, 4th ODI, 2001/02

First Class Debut:
1990

Career Statistics:

TESTS

                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct St
Batting               0    -   -     -    -     -     -   -    -  -

                     Balls    M     R   W    Ave  Best   5 10    SR  Econ
Bowling                  0    -     -   -    -     -     -  -    -    -

ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
 (including 10/10/2001)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave     SR 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding    2    2   0     6    6    3.00  46.15   0   0    1   0

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI   4w  5w    SR  Econ
Bowling              15      0    60    3  20.00  3-40    0   0  30.0  4.00

FIRST-CLASS
 (1990 - 2002)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding  165  270  23  7902  189   31.99  15  38  116   0

                      O       R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling            1937.3  5418  127  42.66  5-20    1   0  91.5  2.79

LIST A LIMITED OVERS
 (1991 - 2002)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding  222  181  30  3000   82*  19.86   0   9   62   0

                      O       R    W    Ave   BBI   4w  5w    SR  Econ
Bowling            1313.5  6342  199  31.86  4-25    4   0  39.6  4.82

- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.


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Paul Grayson was as surprised as anybody when he was called up to the England squad for the ICC KnockOut tournament in Kenya in October 2000. He had been on the verge of quitting cricket and starting work at a brewery in Romford when the call came. He played just one game in that competition, England's quarter-final defeat against South Africa in Nairobi. It was an ignominious international debut for the Essex all-rounder; he made a golden duck and although his five overs were tidy enough, he failed to take a wicket.

Despite his Nairobi disappointments, Grayson enjoyed an excellent 2001 season. He averaged over 50 with six first-class centuries in a struggling Essex side, including 186 against Lancashire and a career-best 189 against Glamorgan at Chelmsford - though Essex still lost. Though his bowling in first-class cricket has decreased in potency, his wickets and economy rate in the domestic one-day game improved steadily.

Although his one-day batting failed to reach the heights of his first-class efforts, Grayson was recalled for the England one-day squad to tour Zimbabwe in autumn 2001. He had limited opportunity there, appearing in just the fourth one-day international where he bowled well enough to take 3 for 40. However his batting is more suited to the longer version of the game, and he missed the opportunity to establish himself in the team, losing out to the off-spinner and specialist one-day lower order batsman, Jeremy Snape.

A Yorkshireman, Grayson made his debut for his native county in 1990, having already played for England Young Cricketers in 1989 and toured with them in Australia in 1989-90. He also represented the Young Cricketers against Pakistan in 1990. The slow left-arm bowler and right-hand bat had plumped for cricket despite boasting considerable football skills. At 16 he had been offered apprentice terms by Middlesbrough but turned them down. His elder brother Simon played regularly for Blackburn Rovers.

Unoriginally nicknamed Larry, Grayson scored 1,000 runs for the first time in 1994 and was named the club's player of the year, but Yorkshire released him at the end of the following season. He moved south to Essex for the 1996 season, and was awarded his county cap that same year. His all-round abilities have proved useful for in first-class cricket, but his skills have mainly come to the fore in the limited-overs version, where he is renowned for tying up opposing batsmen at the end of the innings.

After an extensive change of personnel during the winter of 2001/02, Grayson was appointed vice-captain of Essex and, while his season was disrupted to an extent by injury, he was at the helm at a crucial time. With Ronnie Irani away on international duty, Grayson was in charge when his county won the Division Two title in the Frizzell County Championship and gained promotion in the Norwich Union League as well. (Copyright CricInfo October 2002)

* Last Updated: Saturday, 09-Nov-2002 12:38:46 GMT


 
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